Utah purges tens of thousands from voter rolls

[moonbladem]

Democrats say timing of purge doesn’t pass smell test.

More than 76,000 Utah voters have been dropped off the voter rolls this year in a move that Democrats in the state say smells fishy, but elections officials say it’s a routine housecleaning move."We’re tremendously concerned about it. It really is a very, very serious issue," said Utah

Comments

[girly123]

No, but it'll still be a huge problem for gubernatorial/state senate and congress elections.

[synthesizia]

Salt Lake County will be the only county in the state that will appear even a little blue (Washington County may or may not this year, that remains to be seen). So either way, it won't hurt the Republicans.

[brbsb]

What about Summit County? I thought it usually went blue? I'm new to Utah haha

[halfshellvenus]

The timing may smell fishy, but the methods themselves don't seem so.

Makes me wonder what the mechanism is for updating "So and so is now deceased" status.

I.e., is this something that never really propagates to the voter rolls?

[moonyprof]

Oh, pish-tush. I'm sure this doesn't have anything to do with all the other purge attempts throughout the country.

[aviv_b]

I thought Moab was also a blue area.

[kitanabychoice]

I'd say that the timing and number of rolls purges does sound suspicious, but everything else seems legit. And tbh, with all the other voter suppression fuckery around the nation, I don't blame people for side-eying this too.